lib2to3 doesn't parse f(*[] or [])

[zsol]

BPO	33348
Nosy	@gpshead, @benjaminp, @thatch, @ambv, @serhiy-storchaka, @1st1, @miss-islington, @zsol
PRs	bpo-33348: parse expressions after * and ** in lib2to3 #6586 [3.8] bpo-33348: parse expressions after * and ** in lib2to3 (GH-6586) #16913 [3.7] bpo-33348: parse expressions after * and ** in lib2to3 (GH-6586) #16914

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GitHub fields:

assignee = 'https://github.com/gpshead'
closed_at = <Date 2019-10-24.16:54:13.864>
created_at = <Date 2018-04-24.12:11:17.753>
labels = ['type-bug', 'expert-2to3']
title = "lib2to3 doesn't parse f(*[] or [])"
updated_at = <Date 2019-10-24.16:54:13.861>
user = 'https://github.com/zsol'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2019-10-24.16:54:13.861>
actor = 'gregory.p.smith'
assignee = 'gregory.p.smith'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2019-10-24.16:54:13.864>
closer = 'gregory.p.smith'
components = ['2to3 (2.x to 3.x conversion tool)']
creation = <Date 2018-04-24.12:11:17.753>
creator = 'zsol'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 33348
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 6.0
messages = ['315698', '340849', '355280', '355281', '355282', '355341']
nosy_count = 8.0
nosy_names = ['gregory.p.smith', 'benjamin.peterson', 'thatch', 'lukasz.langa', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'yselivanov', 'miss-islington', 'zsol']
pr_nums = ['6586', '16913', '16914']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'commit review'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue33348'
versions = ['Python 2.7']

[serhiy-storchaka]

See related bpo-24176 and bpo-24791.

[thatch]

Also see discussion about divergence on bpo-36541

[miss-islington]

New changeset 96b06ae by Miss Skeleton (bot) (Zsolt Dollenstein) in branch 'master':
bpo-33348: parse expressions after * and ** in lib2to3 (GH-6586)
96b06ae

[miss-islington]

New changeset 0160a70 by Miss Skeleton (bot) in branch '3.7':
bpo-33348: parse expressions after * and ** in lib2to3 (GH-6586)
0160a70

[miss-islington]

New changeset d04661f by Miss Skeleton (bot) in branch '3.8':
bpo-33348: parse expressions after * and ** in lib2to3 (GH-6586)
d04661f

[gpshead]

I'm marking this fixed, technically it still exists in 2.7. it'll be up to someone who cares about making a change to 2.7 to make a PR to go in there for the final release. It has existed so long, I doubt it matters there.